I never understood the appeal of chat rooms. It was fine with just a couple of people, but once you got three or more, which seemed to be the whole idea of chat rooms, it was impossible to have a conversation. Things would appear that were replies to sentences long scrolled off the screen, and remembering the exact context was next to impossible for me. Folks like you and I who need a moment to gather our thoughts just had no chance. I don't know how the others did it.

I've sworn off talking politics, too. It's bad enough that I can't escape political commercials on the major sites here on the net.

I hope you can get a little writing done on your days off.